U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said all purchases of Iranian oil or petrochemicals products must stop and that any country or person buying any from the country would be immediately subject to secondary sanctions.

Terming Pakistan as a “failed state”, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah Thursday said relations between New Delhi and Islamabad would never improve until a peoples’ government is elected in the neighbouring country.

Amid heightened tensions, the Indian Navy has intensified its presence in the Arabian Sea, issuing warnings to ships near its firing drill zone, close to where the Pakistan Navy is also conducting exercises.